Category: Media

Two weekends ago, when the streets of Berkeley became the scene of a surreal battle between far-right Trump supporters and far-left antifascist activists, the fracas was recorded so extensively by journalists and regular citizens with phones that images of the worst of the violence were already going viral by the time order had returned. But one of the people documenting the event took longer: John Paul Marcelo, an artist who paints the sorts of events normally covered by journalists. READ MORE

by Rick Paul

San Francisco’s Fog Could Be a Casualty of Climate Change… But It Could Also Be a Solution

Picking Up the Pieces, San Bruno Residents Take Stock and Mind the Tourists

One sunny afternoon last week, a self-described disaster artist set up a canvas and easel in front of Jerry Guernsey’s San Bruno home. ...Read More

By Shoshana Walter

OutdoorPainter (PleinAir Magazine) Featured Artwork: John Paul Marcelo

What was going on, Mr. Marcelo?

I just wanted to come to New Orleans for a few days to help as a volunteer. That was six weeks ago. I still don’t want to go back to San Francisco to continue painting beachland idylls as before – not after everything I’ve seen here. In the poor neighborhoods, such as the Lower Ninth Ward, bodies are still recovered half a year after the hurricane ‘Katrina’, a school bus collided with a barge is nothing special here. Every day I look for one or two motifs, I want to demonstrate the failure of our government with my pictures. I can’t sell anything here, no one has money for a work of art and certainly not for a picture that reminds of everyday horror. — SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE